What is the Involvement Human Library?
- Every staff member, service user and carer who is involved in an Involvement project has a unique story to tell.
- The Involvement Human Library creates a welcoming environment to maximise the voice, experiences and contributions of everyone involved.
- It provides a supportive space for reflection and tells us about the positive impacts and contributions your Involvement project has made.
- We want service users, carers and HSC staff to lend us their Involvement story so we can share, recognise and improve how we engage and work in partnership with our service users and carers.
How does the Involvement Human Library work?
- Involvement projects come along on a specific day and time to share their Involvement experience in an open and relaxed environment.
- It will utilise a hybrid approach of in-person, written submissions or online options to help enable a wide and inclusive process,
- It uses the following themes throughout the open discussion
- Transparency
- Respect
- Equity/Inclusion
- It will take place annually and this year it is taking place in May 2025 & June 2025.
Who is involved in the Involvement Human Library Process?
- Your HSC Trust PPI Team and the PHA PPI team will be available to support and facilitate this process alongside you.
- Each session will take approximately 40 – 50 minutes,
- There will be a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 service users, carers and the HSC staff member who lead on the Involvement project who will participate in each session.
- We do not pass judgement, investigate or criticise any aspect of your Involvement project. The ethos of this process is based on learning, replicating and up-scaling.
To find out more about the process, or to speak to a member of the PHA Involvement team email : ppi.secretary@hscni.net
